Boston ยท Beacon Hill
XV Beacon
A 1903 Beaux-Arts office building whose first tenant, Historic Hotels of America says, oversaw the nation's first subway. Now 61 rooms.
- Built
- 1903Built 1903 as an office building for the Beacon Hill Trust, later called the Boston Transit Commission Building; hotel conversion after a 1998 sale.
- Style
- Beaux-Arts / Classical Revival
- Architect
- William Gibbons Preston
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 61
- Area
- Beacon Hill
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
The Beacon Hill Trust hired Ecole des Beaux-Arts graduate William Gibbons Preston to design the ten-story office building, finished in 1903. Its first tenant, the Boston Transit Commission, oversaw the building of the nation’s first subway system from here. After the commission disbanded following World War I, the city took the building by eminent domain and the Boston School Committee occupied it for nearly seven decades. Hoteliers bought it in 1998 and turned it into the 61-room XV Beacon, which joined Historic Hotels of America in 2016.
Good to know
- Parking: on-site paid
- Elevator
- Address: 15 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.